Ingredients

• 1 cup - raw rice
• 1/2 cup - grated jaggery
• 1/2 tsp - cardamom powder
• 2 tbsp - shredded, sliced fresh coconut pieces
• 1/4 cup - cooked channa dal
• A few - cashew nuts

How to Make Vennai Puttu

• Soak raw rice for 3 hours, grind to a fine paste.
• Make a jaggery syrup, strain and keep aside
• Boil 2 cups of water in a heavy bottomed vessel, add the ground paste and cook in medium flame until the paste gets well cooked, stirring continuously
• Add jaggery syrup, cooked channa dal, cardamom powder, give a stir and cook until it turns into a mass, add the coconut pieces, give a stir and turn off the stove
• Finally pour this thick mass of rice-jaggery paste to a greased plate, arrange the fried cashew nuts over the prepared vennai puttu; cool.
• Slice into desired shapes
• Recipe Courtesy: Priya Easy N Tasty Recipe